Friday, April 9, 2010

Coast News and Reminders

Quote of the Week: Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. (Martin Luther)

Promise for the Week: This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your word has revived me. (Psalm 119:50)

Thank you to those who provided Easter Lilies for the service last week (Karin Sanders and others).

Thank you again to Paul Williams for preparing the Lord’s Supper for us and for the men who helped in serving.

This Saturday, April 10, is the pick-up for the food distribution. Contact one of our deacons (Mike Hodson, Greg Southwick, or Scott Johnson) if you have any questions.

This Sunday during the 9 AM Pastor's class, we will look again at Psalm 21 – Rejoicing in the Display of His Strength, focusing on prayer for the Lord’s strength. At 10:30, we will look at Romans 3:31 - "Putting the Law in Its Place!”

Thank you Mike and Diana for our monthly time of prayer at your house last night.

The Coast College and Career Bible Study is this Sunday, April 11.

Please continue to be in prayer for Moe Khakbaz as he travels home today and tomorrow and also for Rainier Ray as he ministers in Kenya at an orphanage.

Next Sunday, Mark and Susan Smith will be speaking during our worship service.

From last week:

There is going to be a one day Ladies’ Retreat on May 15. So mark your calendars! More info to come.

There will be a Farewell Potluck for Aaron and April Hodson on April 18. See Diana Hodson if you have any questions.

There is a ministry need in our Sunday School. If you have an interest in teaching in the 8-12s Sunday School and would like more information, please contact Earl or Dan.

There is also a ministry need for workers in our Nursery/2&3s ministry. If you could help to meet this need and would like more information, please contact our coordinator, Carolyn Sainz.

We are searching more aggressively now for another facility. Please be on the lookout for possible church facility opportunities or industrial space opportunities in Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Westminster or Midway City, and in a zone along the 405 freeway extending approximately two miles on either side of the freeway and ranging between Bolsa Chica Rd. on the west end and the 55 freeway on the east end. If you have any information or suggestions, please contact Ben Urbina and the facility search team.

Check your bulletins on Sunday for other upcoming meetings and events.

Pray for one another "without ceasing," especially those in need of jobs and business growth as well as for those with babies on the way.

Keep trusting His promises, He's never failed us yet and He never will!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Coast News and Reminders

Quote of the Week: Thus it is that justification is ascribed to faith, because it is by faith that we receive Christ; and thus it is by faith only, and not by any other grace. Faith is peculiarly a receiving grace which none other is. Were we said to be justified by repentance, by love, or by any other grace, it would convey to us the idea of something good in us being the consideration on which the blessing was bestowed; but justification by faith conveys no such idea. On the contrary, it leads the mind directly to Christ, in the same manner as saying of a person that he lives by begging leads to the idea of his living on what he freely receives. (Andrew Fuller)

Promise for the Week: For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. (1 Timothy 4:10)

This Sunday we will be celebrating Easter. If you would like to bring a Easter Lily for decoration, you can do so. Please take it home with you afterward if you do.

This Sunday we will also celebrate the Lord’s Supper. Please come prepared for this special time. All those trusting in Jesus alone for His righteousness and for eternal life are welcome to participate.

This Sunday, April 4, is the sign-up for the food distribution. Contact one of our deacons (Mike Hodson, Greg Southwick, or Scott Johnson) if you have any questions.

This Sunday during the 9 AM Pastor's class, we will look at Psalm 21 – Rejoicing in the Display of His Strength. At 10:30, we will look at Romans 3:29-30 - "A Savior for All” as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord.

Prayer meeting this week, Thursday April 8, at the Hodson’s house at 7:30 PM. Contact Mike if you have any questions.

Please continue to be in prayer for Moe Khakbaz as he visits a foreign country to see his family and to share the gospel and also for Rainier Ray as he ministers in Kenya at an orphanage.

From last week:

There is going to be a one day Ladies’ Retreat on May 15. So mark your calendars! More info to come.

There will be a Farewell Potluck for Aaron and April Hodson on April 18. They will be moving to North Carolina (“where nothing could be finer”). More info to come here as well.

There is a ministry need in our Sunday School. If you have an interest in teaching in the 8-12s Sunday School and would like more information, please contact Earl or Dan.

There is also a ministry need for workers in our Nursery/2&3s ministry. If you could help to meet this need and would like more information, please contact our coordinator, Carolyn Sainz.

We are searching more aggressively now for another facility. Please be on the lookout for possible church facility opportunities or industrial space opportunities in Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Westminster or Midway City, and in a zone along the 405 freeway extending approximately two miles on either side of the freeway and ranging between Bolsa Chica Rd. on the west end and the 55 freeway on the east end. If you have any information or suggestions, please contact Ben Urbina and the facility search team.

Check your bulletins on Sunday for other upcoming meetings and events.

Pray for one another "without ceasing," especially those in need of jobs and business growth as well as for those with babies on the way.

Keep trusting His promises, He's never failed us yet and He never will!